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1. The goldfinch, 1'ar- 
red-backed (red'bakt),". Having a red back : redcap (red'kap), H. 1. The goldfinch, '',- 
as, the red-backed sandpiper, Tringa alpiiia : ilnfli.ii -legans, more hilly called hi ;/ Hurry red- 
the red-backed shrike, Laniits riifus: the red- cap. [Local, British.] 
liiii-!:ed humming-bird, Selasphorvs rufus. 
red-bass (red'bas), . The redfish, Seixnopx 
ocellatiis. 
red-beaked (red'bekt), n. Same as red-billed: 
as, the m/-/v(to/ hornbill, Biiceros erythrorliyii- 
ehidt, of Africa. 
The redcap whistled ; and the nightingale 
Sang loud. Tennyson, Gardener's Daughter. 
2. A variety of the domestic hen, of English 
origin . The plumage resembles that of the golden-span- 
" 
reddle 
of redden-, return, render, give up or back: see 
i -i IK/I /-.] In laic, a reservation in a deed where- 
by the grantor creates or reserves some new 
thing to himself, out of what he had granted be- 
fore. (Broom and Hartley.) Thus, the clause in a 
lease which specifies the rent or other service to be ren- 
dered to the lessor is termed the reddendum, or reddendum 
clause. 
ided Hamburg, but is duller; the fowl is larger than the redder (red'er), n. [< red 3 + -er 1 .] One who 
Hamburg ; and the flat rose-comb is very large. 
3. A specter having long teeth, popularly sup- 
posed to haunt old castles in Scotland. 
oysters, forming a beard on the shell.- [Local, 'fgfgff^SSSA StVS 
/i tukl14*4l /wad'HAl'iill n Hflvinj?a red bellv Australian species. Brachysowa dtitdenia. 
the un.tr Tarts red-: as, the red-bellied nut- red-carpet (red'kar'pet), n. A British geomet- re ddidit (red'i-dit). [L. reddiiKt, 3d pers. sing. 
hatch, Sitta canadensis; the red-bellied snipe, rid moth, Corenita mumtata. pre t. ind. of reddere, give up render: see ren- 
MacrorhamphKS scolopace,,s; the red-bellied red-cheeked (red'chekt I, a In ornith. having der*.\ In taw, .a term use< in cases where ; a 
woodpecker, Centurusearolinus; the red-bellied red lores: as, the red-cteeked coly, Coitus ery- 
n,,i.-o,, nf if^oa nerrnmthfaux friitliroaaxter : thromelas. 
settles or puts in order; especially, one who 
endeavors to settle a quarrel. [Scotch.] 
"But, father," said Jenny, "if they come to lounder ilk 
ither as they did last time, suldna I cry on you;" "At 
no hand. Jenny ; the redder gets aye the warst lick in the 
fray." Scott, Old Mortality, Iv. 
monkey of Africa, 
man delivers himself in discharge of his bail. 
U u.^<,*. y ,...~y~,~., redding 1 (red'ing), n. [< ME. redynge; verbal 
, Chrysemys or Pseude- red-chestnut (red^ches"nut),. ABntishmoth, n . of redi, .] 1. Reddle. [Prov. Eng.] 
us erythrogaster; 
m,,s rubriventris.- Red-bellied perch. See^rcM. Ttenioeampa rubricosa. 
redbelly (red'bel'i), . 1. The slider, potter, redcoat (red'kot), n. A British soldier, 
or red-fender. Chri/semys rubricentris, an edible 1O 1-J 
terrapin of the United States. See red-fender. 
2. The torgoch, a Welsh variety of the char, 
Salvelinus mnbla.3. The red-bellied minnow, 
[Col- 
King Shames' red-coats should be hung up. 
Battle of KUliecranlcie (Child's Ballads, VII. 155). 
Redynge colowre. Eubiculum, rubiatura. 
Prompt. Pan., p. 427. 
The traveller with the cart was a reddleman a person 
whose vocation it was to supply farmers with redding for 
their sheep. T. Hardy, Return of the Native, i. 1. 
You know the redcoats are abroad ; . 
must be looked to. 
. these English 
Cooper, Spy, xii. 
Chrosomus erythrogaster. [Southern U. S.] re d-cockaded (red'ko-ka/ded), a. Having a 
4. The red-bellied perch or sunfish, a centrar- tuft of red f eat hers on each side of the back of 
choid, Lepomis auritus. [South Carolina.] the head : only in the phrase red-coetoded wood- 
5. The red grouper, Epintphelus mono. [U. S.] peekerf a b^ o f the southern United States, 
red-belted (red'bel'ted), a, Belted or banded picus hor ealis or queridus. 
with red: as, the red-belted clearwing, a moth, re( j. CO (l (red'kod), n. A fish of the family Ga- order. 
Trochilium myopseforme. 
redberry (red'ber'i), . ; pi. redberries (-iz). 
plant of the genus Ehagodia. [Australia.] 
2. A compound used to redden the jambs and 
hearth of an open wood-fireplace. Bartlett. 
[U. S.] 
The brick hearth and jambs aglow with fresh redding. 
Mrs. Whitney, Leslie Goldthwaite, viL 
redding 2 (red'ing), n. [Verbal n. of red 3 , .] 
The act or process of clearing up or putting in 
did, Pseudophycis bacchus, having two dorsal redding-COmb(red'ing-k6m),. A large-toothed 
A fins ami one anal, of a reddish-silvery color, comb for combing the hair. (See red?.) Trans. 
[New Zealand.] 
Amer. Phitol. Ass., XVII. 42. 
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red-billed (red'bild), a. Having a red bill or re d-corpuscled (red'kdr'pus-ld), a. Having reddingite (red'ing-it), n. [< Bedding (seedef.) 
, as a bird: as, tbe red-billed curlew Ibi- re d blood-disks. + -ite*.] A hydrous j 
beak, as a bird: as, the red-billed curlew, I bt- re a blood-disks. + -ite.~\ A hydrous phosphate of iron and 
dorhi/nchus struthersi, of Asia; the red-billed re d- C rested (red'kres'ted), a. Having a red manganese, resembling scorodite in form, found 
crest : as, the red-crested duck or pochard, Fit- a t Branchville, in the town of Bedding, Con- 
ligula rufina. necticut. 
wood-hoopoe, Irrisor erythrorhynehus. See cut 
under Irrisor. 
tCMMtt* / l(/b>[tt. IICVULVUI. 
redbird (red'berd), . A name of sundry red re ij_ cross (red'kros), a. Wearing or bearing a redding-straik (red'ing-strak), n. A stroke re- 
or partly red birds. Specifically (a) The common re d cross, such as the badge of the Order of the ceived in attempting to separate combatants 
s&RsttdSn&sn ^u^iESsM""*** { ^!y^?*^^ 
religious, social, or national meaning: as, a red- 
cross knight (which see, below); the red-cross 
banner, the national flag of Great Britain. 
And their own sea hath whelm'd yon red-cross Powers 1 
cardinal-bird, and cut under Cardinalis. (c) The sum- 
mer tanager, Piranga eestirn, or scarlet tanager, P. rubra, 
both of the United States, (d) Pericrocotus speciosw. 
All day the red-bird warbles 
Upon the mulberry near. 
Bryant, Hunter's Serenade. 
red-blooded (red'blud'ed), a. Having red or 
reddish blood: specifically noting the higher 
worms, or annelids, in which, however, the 
blood is often greenish. 
redbreast (red'brest), a. and n. [< ME. red- 
breste; < red + breast.] I. . Bed-breasted. 
II. n. 1. A small sylviine bird of Europe, Eri- 
thacits rubecula; the robin, or robin redbreast. 
See robin. [Eng.] 
To relish a love-song like a robin-redbreast. 
Shak., T. G. of V., ii. 1. 21. 
The redbreast warbles still, but is content 
With slender notes. Camper, Task, vi. 77. 
2. The American robin or migratory thrush, _ . 
Meritla migratoria or Turdiis migratorius. See redd 2 , n. See red->. 
robin. [U.'S.] 3. The red-breasted sandpiper, red-dace (red'das), n. A common fish of the 
or knot, Tringa canutus. See robin-snipe. 4. eastern United States, Notropis megalops, for- 
The red-bellied sunfish, Lepomis auritus. merly named Leuciscus cornutus. Also called 
red-breasted (red'bres"ted), a. Having a red redfin and rough-head. 
or reddish breastLittle red-breasted rail. Same reddet. A Middle English preterit of readi. 
as Virginia rail (which see, under rail*). Red-breasted redden (red'n), r. [< red 1 + -en 1 . Ct. Icel. 
flncht. See tfncAi. Red-breasted goose, Anser rufi- rodhna = Dan. rodme, redden.] I. intrans. 1. 
collis. Red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator. 
ence. Compare red 3 , 2, 3, and redder. [Scotch.] 
Said I not to ye, Make not, meddle not? Beware of the 
redding streak! You are come to no house o' lair-strae 
death. Scott, Guy Mannering, xxvii. 
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Scott, Vision of Don Roderick, Conclusion, at. 2. reddish (red'ish), a. and n. [< red 1 -r -JSH 1 .] 
I. o. Of a color approaching red. 
A bright snot, white, and somewhat reddish. 
Lev. xiii. 19. 
Reddish egrets. See egret. Reddish light-arches, a 
British noctuid moth, Xylophasia sublustris. 
II. . A reddish color. 
reddishness (red'ish-nes), n. The state or 
quality of being reddish; redness in a moderate 
degree. 
The reddishness of copper. Boyle, Works, I. 721. 
Red-cross knight, a knight bearing on his shield or 
crest a red cross as his principal cognizance, whether as 
being a Templar or with religious significance, as in Spen- 
ser's "Faerie Queene," I. i. 2. 
A red-cross knight for ever kneel'd 
To a lady in his shield. 
Tennyson, Lady of Shalott. 
Red-Cross Society, a philanthropic society founded to 
carry out the views of the Geneva Convention of 1864. Its 
objects are to care for the wounded in war, and secure the 
neutrality of nurses, hospitals, etc., and to relieve suffer- 
ingoccasioned by pestilence, floods, fire, and other calam- re( jaiti on (re-dish'on), n. [< F. reddition = It. 
red-CUSk (red'kusk), n. A brotuloid fish, Dine 
reddi:iune, < L. redditio(n-), a giving back, re- 
turning, rendering, also (in gram.) the apodo- 
matichthys or Brosmophycis marginal, of the Burning reiu ring a so U i un ., ine ap 
coast of California, of a pale-reddish color. s, < reddere, pp. redditus, give back return, 
rodHl r t Spfiiw/3 render: see render 2 . Cf. rendition.] 1. Are- 
J.CUU * " ' *-*^3C /l/l - . il.;.- ... Hj*K*l*wM.JMK I iMii*n>nnH^n 
Red-breasted plover. Same as redbreast, a Red- 
breasted sandpiper, Tringa canutus. Red-breasted 
snipe, (ft) MacrorJiamphiut ffriseux, the dowitcher: also 
called gray snipe, brown snipe, quail-snipe, German snipe 
(compare doivitcher), robin-snipe, ffrayback, brownback, 
driver, sea-pigeon, and New York ffodwit. (b) A misnomer 
of the American woodcock, Philohela minor. [Local, U. S.] 
(c) Same as redbreast, 3. 
redbuck (red'buk), n. The roodebok, Cepha- 
lophus natalensis. See roodebok. 
redbud (red'bud), n. Any tree of the American 
species of Cercis; the Judas-tree. The best-known, 
common in the interior and southern United States, is 
C. Canadensis, a small tree, the branches clothed in early 
To become red ; grow red. 
For me the balm shall bleed, and amber flow, 
The coral redden, and the ruby glow. 
Pope, Windsor Forest, 1. 394. 
Hence 2. To blush; become flushed. 
Sir Roderick, who to meet them came, 
Jtedden'd at sight of Malcolm Greme. 
Scott, L. of the L., ii. 27. 
II. trans. 1. To make red. 
And this was what had redden'd her cheek 
When I bow'd to her on the moor. 
Tennyson, Maud, xix. 6. 
2. To cure (herrings). Halliwell. [Prov. Eng.] 
sprlng"wm, fascicIes'orslnaU floweraof "nearly'peach- *.* c , urt ; U^^- '" 
blossSm color, followed by rather large heart-shaped reddendo (re-den'do), . [So called from the 
pointed leaves. In southwestern woods it is very con- 
spicuous when in blossom, and it is often cultivated for 
ornament. The flowers have an acid taste, and are said 
to be used, like those of the Old World Judas-tree, in 
salads, etc. The name is from the color of the flowers, 
and doubtless from their bud-like aspect even when open. 
C. reniformis, a Texan and Mexican species, is a smaller 
tree or a shrub often forming dense thickets, and C. ocd- 
dentalis is a California]] shrubby species. 
red-bug (red'bug), n. A heteropterous insect, 
Dysdercus saturellus, which damages cotton in 
the southern United States and in the West 
Indies. Also called cotton-stainer. 
first word of the clause in the Latin form, red- 
dendo inde annuatim, etc.: L. reddendo, abl. of 
reddendum, neut. gerundive of reddere, render, reddle (red'l), . 
return, give up or back : see render 2 .} In Scots 
law, a clause indispensable to an original char- 
ter, and usually inserted in charters by progress. 
It specifies the feu-duty and other services which have 
been stipulated to be paid or performed by the vassal to his 
superior. 
reddendum (re-deii'dum), . [So called from 
tlio first word in the Latin form of the deed or 
clause (seedef.): L. reddendum, neut. gerundive 
turning of something ; restitution ; surrender. 
She [Ireland] Is ... reduc'd ... to a perfect obedi- 
ence, . . . partly by voluntary reddition ana desire of pro- 
tection, and partly by conquest. 
Howell, Vocall Forrest, p. 32. 
2. Explanation; rendering. 
When they used (to cany branches] in procession about 
their altars, they used to pray " Lord, save us ; Lord, pros- 
per us" ; which hath occasioned the rendition of "Hoschi- 
annah " to be, amongst some, that prayer which they re- 
peated at the carrying of the "Hoschiannah,"as if itself 
did signify "Lord, save us." 
Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1836), I. 288. 
3. In law, a judicial acknowledgment that the 
thing in demand belongs to the demandant, and 
not to the adversary. [Bare.] 
redditive (red'i-tiv), a. [< L. redditivus, of or 
belonging to the apodosis (in gram.), conse- 
quential (cf. redditio, the apodosis of a clause), 
(reddere, pp. redditus, give back : see reddition.] 
Conveying a reply; answering: as, redditire 
words. 
For this sad sequel is, if not a relative, yet a reddititx 
demonstration of their misery; for after the infection of 
sin follows that infliction of punishment. 
Hen. T. Adams, Works, I. 261. 
[Also raddle; var. of ruddle 1 , 
q. v.] An earthy variety of hematite iron ore. 
It is flne-grained, and sufilciently compact to be cut into 
strips, which are used for various purposes, as for marking 
sheep and drawing on board. This material is found in 
several localities in England, and much more rarely in 
the United States, where it is generally called red chalk. 
Reddle spreads its lively hues over everything it lights 
on, and stamps unmistakably, as with the mark of Cain, 
any person who has handled it for half an hour. 
T. Hardy, Return of the Native, i. 9. 
